Living lessons
Cress eurythmy
An experiment by a class 12 shows how the growth of cress is influenced by eurythmy. [more]
Living lessons
Language learning in blocks
Block teaching is a particular feature of Waldorf education. At the same time there is a debate as to whether this principle can be extended beyond the classic main lessons to other subjects. [more]
Living lessons
The game of world peace
The World Peace Game in class 7 of the Hamburg Bergstedt Rudolf Steiner School. [more]
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Temperaments in motion. Eurythmy in lower and middle school
Powerfully and vigorously a giant trudges through the forest. With each step he crushes several trees at once. Another – far away – prefers to track steadily through wide landscapes like flowing water. He passes through the world and sees and hears a lot. A third one likes nothing better than to be everywhere at once, like the air. He appears quite unexpectedly. And occasionally we might encounter a heedful giant with his attention turned towards the earth who will first consider where he is needed and then attempts carefully to get there. [more]
Living lessons
What does mathematics have to do with chickens?
The biodynamic farm Gärtnerhof Callenberg in Coburg has recently undergone expansion, giving it more space for chickens. After the first batch of eggs hatched, and while the chicks wait to find a comfortable home, the class 5 at the Coburg Rudolf Steiner School took on the responsibility of planning a coop for them. [more]
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Repair, don’t throw away
Pupils at the Schwabing Rudolf Steiner School in Munich are learning how to repair things – with support from volunteer instructors – as well as the principles of sustainable management. [more]
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Profit or the common good?
Economics lessons critical of the system in class 12 at the Waldorf school in Prien. [more]
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The spirit of Christmas
Why A Christmas Carol in class 8? Not only can the pupils identify with the transformation of the misanthrope Scrooge from Charles Dickens’ Christmas Carol into a philanthropist but they can also learn skills which will serve them well into the future. [more]
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Who’s the real newcomer? Experiences with a class of lateral entrants
Those periods when the invisible points which determine the path of our life are reset to indicate a new direction for a person are similar to musical improvisation. The apparent chance encounter or experience often appears, looking back, to follow the inner logic of a person’s destiny. [more]
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